I do cycle (normal bike). These are some of the things that I told myself that kept me from getting into it when I was younger.
Yes, that's what happens when you exercise, and judging by how fat Americans are, seems like they could use some.
>Lot of 2 lane roads without shoulders or sidewalks makes cycling on them scary.
How do ebikes fix this? It's still a bike, not a tank.
On fat Americans: at the time and still I'm likely a 99.9%er cardio wise, and I still had the concern about being sweaty. I wasn't exactly trying to smell bad during lectures.
Ob ebikes not being tanks: Going 20 in a 25 is a lot less scary then going 8 up a hill where cars are BLASTING past you. Lower effort also means you can spend more brainpower on spacial awareness, when you are gassed you tend to notice less around you.
United States, obviously. Article makes zero pretence being about anything other than that and it's stated right there in the opening paragraph: "among America’s youth".